Team News Riveting
Bhopal, March 26
In what prima facie appears to be a deliberate attempt of provocation, a hijab-clad Muslim girl purportedly offered namaz inside a college classroom in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district.
After the video went viral on social media, Dr Harisingh Gour University (HGU)— a Central varsity where the incident took place— has ordered a probe.
“A five-member committee has been constituted to look into the matter. The committee will submit its report within three days, and further action will be taken based on this report. We have asked all the students to follow their religious practices outside the university campus,” Neelima Gupta, Vice Chancellor of HGU, said.
After the video surfaced on media, members of the Hindu Jagran Manch reached the university campus and staged a protest, raising ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans and reciting Hanuman Chalisa at a temple located on the campus. They later handed over a memorandum to the university administration demanding action against the student.
Manch office bearers claimed that namaz was deliberately offered inside the classroom on Friday. “It was a deliberate act carried out on the behest of some faculty members of the university. We have demanded that punitive action be taken against those who helped the girl offer namaz,” they said.
